WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH NEVADA?

THE history of Nevada is unique -- and pathetic -- in that it is the only Western State that has gone backward in wealth and population. Nevada is unique, too, in other respects. Her pioneers came principally from the West, instead of the East. Nevada was first populated by an overflow from California. View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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A version of this archives appears in print on February 26, 1911, on Page M13 of the New York edition with the headline: WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH NEVADA?. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe